Daohugoupterus

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Daohugoupterus was a tiny flying reptile that soared over Jurassic lakes in what is now China. It was the smallest pterosaur found in the Daohugou area, with delicate bones and soft tissue preserved in the rock.1 2

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Viveva

avant 165 fin 162 milliuns onns4

Giurassic mesaun

Fossils chattads en

Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China1 3

Spertadad maximala

var 52 km/h (32 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Daohugoupterus var 52 km/h (32 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Daohugoupterus had a very broad sternal plate that was 2.5 times wider than it was long, which helped support its flight muscles.1

Its humerus (upper arm bone) was only 41.8 mm (1.65 inches) long, making it one of the smallest Jurassic pterosaurs.1

The fossil includes impressions of soft tissue, which is rare and helps scientists study its body shape.1 2

Daohugoupterus lived alongside other pterosaurs like Jeholopterus and Pterorhynchus, but it was the smallest of the three.1

Its skull had an unusually small upper temporal fenestra (a hole behind the eye), which is different from many other pterosaurs.2

Daohugoupterus was a basal pterosaur, meaning it was an early type that did not belong to the more advanced group Pterodactyloidea.1

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Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Daohugoupterus
Numnà da: Cheng et al. 20154
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Pterosauria4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 165 fin 162 milliuns onns (Callovian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Tiaojishan4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Daohugoupterus was named and described in 2015 by Cheng Xin, Wang Xiaolin, Jiang Shunxing and Alexander Kellner. The only known fossil was found near the village of Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China, and was collected by Zhou Zhonghe and Li Yan.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly where Daohugoupterus fits in the pterosaur family tree, so it is currently placed as Pterosauria incertae sedis (meaning its exact relationships are unknown).1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Daohugoupterus (en.wikipedia.org)
Daohugoupterus, new pterosaur from Upper Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (dml.reptilis.net)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Daohugoupterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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